Books & Gadgets

Why Use Herbs? Throughout the ages, plants have served a multitude of uses for human survival. Ethnobotany – the study of plant lore and agricultural customs – has provided us with rich evidence of the ways different cultures have...

15 Herbs for Tea  Growing your own herbal teas can be just as therapeutic as drinking them. The tea garden is a sensory delight, producing colors, aromas and flavors to enjoy throughout the seasons. The plants are easy to grow and you don’t...

All the Onions The onion is one of the oldest domestic vegetables known to man, with hundreds of cultivated varieties. They all vary in appearance, flavor, pungency and how long they keep. This short book will guide you through selecting the right type...

Container Gardening  Gardening in containers gives the plant lover, no matter what size his garden may be, the extra gift of flexibility. Even if you have large flower and vegetable beds on your property, the importance of a few containers for...

Eggs and Chickens When was the last time you tasted a really fresh egg? One with a high yolk that was a deep, dark yellow, bordering on pink, and a white that stayed together in a plump circle instead of running all over the frying pan? The difference...

Garden Dibber - Just the Right Size, Not Too Big But Not Too Small A 'Dibber' – or 'Dibbler' as they're sometimes called – is a small hand-held tool used to neatly poke perfectly sized holes in the garden soil for planting seeds. Good ones...

Gardeners Favorite Nail Brush Originally developed for surgeons, and redesigned for home and industry.  Made from Low Density Polyethelene for Durability. Will not hurt small cuts on hand when cleaning up. Great for washing hands and...

Gardening to Attract Birds  There is nothing more exciting than watching a mother bird drop seeds from your feeder into her young one's throat for the first time - unless it's catching a hummingbird dart and dive at the nectar flowers and brightly...

Glassine Envelopes Perfect for storing seeds you have collected or saved from your garden. Acid free. 12 per pack. From the soil to the seed to the food you eat - we'll help you grow your best garden!

Grow 15 Herbs for the Kitchen  No kitchen should be without these fifteen beautiful, versatile, aromatic, and savory wonders of the culinary world. These herbs form the backbone of the quintessential kitchen garden and are the flavorful basis of...

Grow a Butterfly Garden This handy book teaches the how's and whys of creating a butterfly garden including choosing plants that attract butterflies and using them in everything from window boxes to full backyard gardens. Special attention is given to...

Grow A Hummingbird Garden If asked to name the most ethereal and captivating creature to be found on our planet, most of us would be hard pressed to top the hummingbird. Their minute size (some species weigh only a fraction of an ounce), their beauty...

Grow Super Salad Greens Any way you look at it, garden greens are a bargain. For a quick spring crop, for the maximum amount of food from a small garden space or for a nutritious food, garden greens can’t be beat. For less than the price of a...

Grow the Best Tomatoes The tomato is a fruit that we use as a vegetable, one of the few vegetables native to the Americas. It was first known as a food in Peru and until a couple of centuries ago, only grown as an ornamental and dubbed the “love...

Growing and Using Garlic Lots of people love garlic, but many have never tasted the ambrosia of fresh, home-grown garlic. Even a small amount of garlic can enhance the flavors of a dish, making it truly memorable. The first step to experiencing and...

Homegrown Whole Grains Grow, Harvest & Cook Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rice, Corn & More Learn to grow, harvest, store, grind, and cook with nine of the most popular whole grains: wheat, corn, barley, millet, oats, rice, rye, spelt, and quinoa...

Salsas!  What we've come to think of as salsa is commonly served cold, and it's brimful of ingredients, with very little liquid. It's often fairly spicy, but you can control the amount of heat to suit yourself. Whatever salsa is, we love it. In...

Starting Seeds How to Grow Healthy, Productive Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers from Seed  There are so many reasons to start your garden from seed! Growing plants from seeds isn’t difficult; it just takes a little know-how. Now, gardeners...

Starting Seeds Indoors This short book has concise, clear, practical and simple instructions on how to start all kinds of seeds indoors. There are great charts and information accessible at a glance for determining which seeds need dark, light,...

Terroir Seeds Garden Journal Use this handy journal to keep a diary of your gardening activities. The journal has pages for jotting down notes on the seeds you start, your new plantings, when you fertilized and a graph for plotting your garden. Keep...